Muddying the waters: A political ecology of mosquito-borne disease in coastal Ecuador

Harris, Miranda; Carter, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.05.010

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“…In Ecuador, researchers tried to establish the social and environmental interactions of illnesses transmitted by Ae. aegypti, and concluded that the vulnerability of the population to these arboviral diseases stems from the socio-political limitations of community action and poverty, combined with a fragile public health system that undertakes incomplete, sporadic efforts to control such diseases [111]. Another recent study that has used this approach in the city of Maputo, Mozambique [112], took into consideration the patterns of distribution and storage of water, as well as the biophysical characteristics that make stored water more attractive to vector Ae.…”

Section: Ecosystem Approaches To Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vector Control Strategies

Gómez-Vargas¹,

Zapata-Úsuga²

2023

Mosquito Research - Recent Advances in Pathogen Interactions, Immunity, and Vector Control Strategies

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Vector-borne diseases, mainly dengue and malaria, are serious public health problems in the world; for the control of Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes, there are several strategies such as biological, genetic, chemical, physical, and cultural. For the application of these control strategies, it is important to take into account the integrated vector management promoted by the World Health Organisation, taking into account the local context. This chapter shows the most important recent advances in vector control methods. The efforts of researchers in the development and evaluation of these and new control methods, the political will of governments, funding from the business sector, and community participation are essential to the success of these strategies.

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Section: Ecosystem Approaches To Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vector Control Strategies

Gómez-Vargas¹,

Zapata-Úsuga²

2023

Mosquito Research - Recent Advances in Pathogen Interactions, Immunity, and Vector Control Strategies

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“…On the other hand, spreading awareness on the transmittance of vector-borne diseases is one of the crucial measures, since social behavior and individual chores may not be preventative even the community agrees that the water bodies may promote the breeding of mosquitoes (Harris and Carter 2019 ), and overall development to alter poverty, universal health coverage, enhanced vector control, and developing early warning systems are some of the other preventative measures suggested by Filho et al ( 2018 ). Encouraging low- and middle-income countries to take part in surveillance programs to monitor the diseases is also an important need to stop the epidemics (Javed et al 2017 ).…”

Section: Preventative Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review exploring the overarching burden of Zika virus with emphasis on epidemiological case studies from Brazil

Tunalı

Radin

Basibuyuk

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This paper explores the main factors for mosquito-borne transmission of the Zika virus by focusing on environmental, anthropogenic, and social risks. A literature review was conducted bringing together related information from this genre of research from peer-reviewed publications. It was observed that environmental conditions, especially precipitation, humidity, and temperature, played a role in the transmission. Furthermore, anthropogenic factors including sanitation, urbanization, and environmental pollution promote the transmission by affecting the mosquito density. In addition, socioeconomic factors such as poverty as well as social inequality and low-quality housing have also an impact since these are social factors that limit access to certain facilities or infrastructure which, in turn, promote transmission when absent (e.g., piped water and screened windows). Finally, the paper presents short-, mid-, and long-term preventative solutions together with future perspectives. This is the first review exploring the effects of anthropogenic aspects on Zika transmission with a special emphasis in Brazil.

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“…Political ecology is a well-established field of study that is broadly concerned with the political economic factors that influence natural resource decision making. This approach has been leveraged to examine infectious disease and human health in a variety of contexts (Ferring and Hausermann, 2019; Harris and Carter, 2019; Hausermann, 2015, 2019; Jackson and Neely, 2015; King, 2010, 2015, 2017; King et al, 2018; Neely, 2015, 2020; Richmond et al, 2005). Political ecology of health provides a multi-scalar analytical framework to demonstrate how human disease and health are embedded within social networks, political economic systems, and historical dynamics of a given place; the socio-ecological conditions that shape the spread of disease and decision-making options available to human populations; and the ways disease discourses produced by actors and institutions align or conflict with local dynamics of health and wellbeing.…”

Section: Geographies Of Infectious Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Infectious addictions: Geographies of colliding epidemics

King

Rishworth

2021

Progress in Human Geography

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Medical geography and health geography have made significant contributions to studies of human health by addressing the spatial patterns of disease exposure, location of health care services, and place-specific processes producing health and wellbeing. Human geography and human-environment geography have also contributed with emerging attention to the body, uncertainty, and health and environment interactions. What remains understudied are the co-occurrence of multiple disease patterns, including the relationships between infectious disease and addiction. We review geographic research on infectious disease and addiction to advance a theoretical framework that emphasizes the centrality of complexity, uncertainty, difference, and care in shaping human health.

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Muddying the waters: A political ecology of mosquito-borne disease in coastal Ecuador

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

Vector Control Strategies

Vector Control Strategies

A review exploring the overarching burden of Zika virus with emphasis on epidemiological case studies from Brazil

Infectious addictions: Geographies of colliding epidemics

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